What about it needs to be 'Linux friendly'? Short of rooting an android
device, the fact that it runs Linux has nothing to do with the usability
or functionality of the device. If you buy consumer devices because of
what kernel they run, you're probably going to end up disappointed. IOS
uses a BSD variant, so it's not like it is worlds apart from Android.

I'm a Linux guy, and I have an iPad - IMHO, superior user interface and
in general it's more consistent than Android. That said, I don't really
care what it's running under the hood - As long as it works for me 100%
of the time so I can get my job done with it, I'm happy.

On 7/6/12 1:16 AM, JP Vossen wrote:

As many of you know I'm more of a tool guy (e.g. swiss army knife)
than gadget guy, but it seems like it might finally be time for a tablet.

I refuse to have any iDevices in the house, so that basically leaves
Android, AFAIK. While in theory devices build on top of Linux should
be Linux friendly, not everything is (see TomTom).

So what is a good, inexpensive Linux friendly tablet? Use cases as
follows:

* Stay-at-home Mom, for email, web surfing, simple apps, etc. (WiFi
only is fine, we're not doing any kind of data plan, if that even
applies to tablets)